How rare is the name Mable?

9,306 people in the United States have the first name Mable, about 1 in 32,456. It ranks #2,585 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MABLE

#2,585

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,306
About
1 in 32,456
This common or more
80.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,306 people named Mable, 49.1% reported their origin as Black, 41.6% as White and 3.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mable peaked in 1922, when 1,629 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1922
Births that year
1,629
In 2025*
73 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 53,466 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mable by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #169. The largest share of babies named Mable, 52.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2391,544
1890s#1973,184
1900s#1695,158
1910s#23811,757
1920s#29114,096
1930s#4057,826
1940s#6034,927
1950s#9932,659
1960s#1,854950
1970s#4,022308
1980s#6,683185
1990s#12,488106
2000s#12,016157
2010s#8,797261
2020s#5,071348
Before 19019.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2752.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4524.7%
Baby boom 1946–649.5%
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–960.4%
Generation Z 1997–120.4%
2013 and later1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mable is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mable has been most common in Mississippi (4.7×), Arkansas (4.2×), and Alabama (3.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.06×).

40,063 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mable

#2,583 Lisette · 9,307#2,583 Nan · 9,307#2,586 Valencia · 9,301#2,587 Bernadine · 9,298

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mable, most common first.

#9,373 Maple · 1,485

Also a last name

As a last name, Mable ranks #37,718 of 156,621, with 634 people. See Mable as a last name

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